Mumbai’s Coastal Road: Making land in a drowning city

Last fortnight, the Supreme Court conceded that the project is not exempt from environmental and wildlife clearances. Nevertheless, reclamation work continues.

Shweta Wagh

, 

Hussain Indorewala

 & 

Aaran Patel

· Aug 31, 2020 · 09:00 am

Plan for Mumbai’s Eastern Waterfront uses public land to benefit the wealthy – and must be resisted

Shouldn’t employment, housing, infrastructure and environment be at the forefront of decision making regarding the future of this vital resource?

Hussain Indorewala

· Mar 21, 2020 · 12:30 pm

‘Destructive futility’: 10 reasons why Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project should be scrapped

It will provide little benefit, if any at all, but extract enormous economic, social, environmental and public health costs.

Hussain Indorewala

· May 07, 2019 · 08:00 am

Does Mumbai really need 11 lakh more houses?

The state’s plans to build more houses in the city is just a sophisticated land-grab scheme.

Hussain Indorewala

· Mar 22, 2016 · 02:30 pm

The biggest flaw in Mumbai’s Development Plan: it misunderstands both development and planning

The document’s authors concede it is not really a ‘plan’. Well, it is not for ‘development’ either.

Hussain Indorewala

· Apr 18, 2015 · 08:30 am